2009, Upstate New York: North Bath ist in Aufruhr. Die Kleinstadt soll vom wohlhabenderen Nachbarort Schuyler Springs annektiert werden. Obendrein wird in einem verlassenen Hotel eine Leiche gefunden. Polizeichefin Charice Bond, die...

"[Russo's] first novel in ten years hits the ball out of the park. . . . You'll lap up this gripping, wise, and wonderful summer treat." -The Boston Globe"A cascade of charm. . . . Russo is an undeniably endearing writer, and chances are...

Empire Falls, eine Kleinstadt in Maine: Seit über zwanzig Jahren arbeitet Miles Roby im örtlichen Diner. Hier versammelt sich die ganze Stadt, vom Fitnessstudiobesitzer bis zum Schuldirektor. Miles selbst hat das College abgebrochen,...

Chances Are von Russo, Richard

Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year’s collection boasts a satisfying “chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative” (Wall Street Journal). With the masterful...

Richard Russo is the author of eight novels, two collections of stories, and On Helwig Street, a memoir. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody's Fool, was adapted to film, in a multiple-award-winning...

Mohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. Its citizens, too, have fallen on hard times. Dallas Younger, a star athlete in high school, now drifts from tavern to poker game,...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize"Russo writes with a warm, vibrant humanity.... A stirring mix of poignancy, drama and comedy." -The Washington PostWelcome to Empire Falls, a blue-collar town full of abandoned mills whose citizens surround...

A sequel to 1993's "Nobody's Fool", which also entirely stands alone. Takes place over the course of a very busy weekend, ten years after the events of the previous book. von Russo, Richard

Richard Russo won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his fifth novel, Empire Falls. He is also the author of Mohawk, The Risk Pool, Nobody¿s Fool, Straight Man, Bridge of Sighs and That Old Cape Magic, as well as a collection of stories, The...

Hilarious and true-to-life, witty, compassionate, and impossible to put down, Straight Man follows Hank Devereaux through one very bad week in this novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo. William Henry Devereaux, Jr., is...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls comes a new revelation: a riveting story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.One beautiful September day, three men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since...